There is no method by which men can be both free and equal.

He may be a patriot for Austria, but the question is whether he is a patriot for me.

My people and I have come to an agreement that satisfies us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The vice presidency isn’t worth a pitcher of warm piss.

What experience and history teach is this—that nations and governments have never learned anything from history or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

The U.S. presidency is a Tudor monarchy plus telephones.

The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honor or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure it is right.

Politics is the art of the possible.